# DIW Records

DIW Records is a Japanese record label specializing in avant-garde jazz. It is a subsidiary of Disk Union. Kazunori Sugiyama was an executive producer for the label before starting Tzadik Records with John Zorn.
DIW's name stands for "Discs in the World" and is from a music magazine sold at Disk Union stores that announced the latest releases from American and European labels. Wilber Morris recorded the first album for DIW in 1983 in New York City. The catalogue includes music by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lester Bowie, James Carter, Steve Grossman, Harold Mabern, David Murray, James Blood Ulmer, David S. Ware, Rodney Whitaker, and John Zorn.

## Discography

| Catalog | Artist | Album |
| DIW-303 | J. R. Monterose | Straight Ahead |
| DIW-311 | Blossom Dearie | Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs |
| DIW-312 | Jaco Pastorius/Pat Metheny/Bruce Ditmas/Paul Bley | Jaco |
| DIW-315 | Thelonious Monk | Live in Stockholm 1961 |
| DIW-316 | Thelonious Monk | Live in Stockholm 1961 |
| DIW-319 | Paul Bley | Alone, Again |
| DIW-320 | Eric Dolphy | Last Recordings |
| DIW-321 | Francisco Mondragon Rio featuring Jaco Pastorius | Natural |
| DIW-325 | Monica Zetterlund | Spring Is Here |
| DIW-329 | Gil Evans Orchestra | Little Wing |
| DIW-330 | Albert Ayler Quartet | The Hilversum Session |
| DIW-331 | Al Haig | Today! |
| DIW-335 | Kaoru Abe | Last Date |
| DIW-349 | Albert Ayler | The First Recordings Vol. 2 |
| DIW-355 | Sonny Murray | Sonny's Time Now |
| DIW-356 | Marion Brown | Live in Japan |
| DIW-357 | Milford Graves | Meditation Among Us |
| DIW-358 | Derek Bailey | Duo & Trio Improvisation |
| DIW-359 | Doug Hammond | Spaces |
| DIW-371 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 1 |
| DIW-372 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 2 |
| DIW-373 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 3 |
| DIW-374 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 4 |
| DIW-375 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 5 |
| DIW-376 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 6 |
| DIW-377 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 7 |
| DIW-378 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 8 |
| DIW-379 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 9 |
| DIW-380 | Kaoru Abe | Solo Live at Gaya, Vol. 10 |
| DIW-388 | Sun Ra Arkestra | Live from Soundscape |
| DIW-389 | Material | Live from Soundscape |
| DIW-395 / 8 | Muhal Richard Abrams etc. | Interpretations Of Monk (4CD) |
| DIW-389 | Frank Lowe Quintet | Live from Soundscape |
| DIW-400 | James Blood Ulmer | Are You Glad to Be in America? |
| DIW-401 | Arthur Rhames Trio | Live from Soundscape |
| DIW-403 | James Blood Ulmer | Tales of Captain Black |
| DIW-405 | Various Artists | Hells Kitchen: Live from Soundscape |
| DIW-406 | Various Artists | Back on 52nd Street |
| DIW-415 | Masayuki Takayanagi, Kaoru Abe | Kaitaitekikoukan |
| DIW-416 | Robert Musso | Innermideum |
| DIW-420 | Ground Zero | Plays Standards |
| DIW-453 | Toshinori Kondo | Nerve Tripper |
| DIW-458 | Kaoru Abe | The Last Recording |
| DIW-462 | Ayibobo | Stone Voudou |
| DIW-466 | Willie Oteri | Spiral Out |
| DIW-486 | Tommy Flanagan | Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen |
| DIW-601 | James Williams, Richard Davis, Ronnie Burrage | I Remember Clifford |
| DIW-602 | Michel Sardaby Trio | Night Blossom |
| DIW-603 | Stanley Cowell Trio | Close to You Alone |
| DIW-604 | Ronnie Mathews Trio | Dark Before the Dawn |
| DIW-605 | Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio | What's New |
| DIW-606 | George Cables Trio | Night and Day |
| DIW-607 | Chris Anderson Trio | Blues One |
| DIW-608 | Harold Mabern Trio | Straight Street |
| DIW-609 | Geoff Keezer Trio | World Music |
| DIW-610 | Rahn Burton Trio | The Poem |
| DIW-611 | Richard Wyands Trio | The Arrival |
| DIW-612 | Ronnie Mathews Trio | Lament for Love |
| DIW-613 | Memphis Piano Convention | -same- |
| DIW-614 | Harold Mabern Trio | Lookin' on the Bright Side |
| DIW-615 | Jack Wilson Trio | In New York |
| DIW-616 | The Contemporary Piano Ensemble | The Key Players |
| DIW-617 | Robert Hurst Trio (feat. Kenny Kirkland) | One For Namesake |
| DIW-618 | Craig Taborn Trio | Craig Taborn Trio |
| DIW-619 | Misha Mengelberg Trio | No Idea |
| DIW-620 | David Hazeltine | The Classic Trio |
| DIW-621 | Harold Mabern Trio | Mabern's Grooveyard |
| DIW-622 | Harold Mabern Trio | Maya with Love |
| DIW-623 | James Williams Magical Trio | Awesome |
| DIW-624 | Taylor Eigsti Trio | Taylor's Dream |
| DIW-625 | David Kikoski | Comfortable |
| DIW-626 | Sean Wayland | Colossus of Rhodes |
| DIW-627 | Helge Lien Trio | Spiral Circle |
| DIW-628 | Mike Nock | Changing Seasons |
| DIW-630 | Helge Lien Trio | Asymmetrics |
| DIW-631 | Hakuei Kim Trio | Open the Green Door |
| DIW-632 | Helge Lien Trio | To the Little Radio |
| DIW-633 | Hakuei Kim Trio | Home Beyond the Cloud |
| DIW-634 | Hakuei Kim Trio | Shadow of Time |
| DIW-801 | Phalanx | Original Phalanx |
| DIW-802 | David Murray | Recording N.Y.C. 1986 |
| DIW-803 | Steve Grossman | Standards |
| DIW-804 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Ancient to the Future |
| DIW-805 | Richard Davis, Roland Hanna and Frederick Waits | Persia My Dear |
| DIW-806 | Dusko Goykovich | Celebration |
| DIW-807 | Stanley Cowell, Frederick Waits and Buster Williams | We Three |
| DIW-808 | Trio Transition (Reggie Workman, Freddie Waits & Mulgrew Miller) | Trio Transition |
| DIW-809 | Wilber Morris, David Murray & Dennis Charles | Wilber Force |
| DIW-811 | Steve Grossman | Katonah |
| DIW-812 | John Hicks With David Murray | Sketches of Tokyo |
| DIW-814 | David Murray | Lovers |
| DIW-815/16 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | The Complete Live in Japan |
| DIW-817 | John Hicks | Inc. 1 |
| DIW-818 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Naked |
| DIW-819 | David Murray & Jack DeJohnette | In Our Style |
| DIW-820 | Takeo Moriyama | Live at Lovely |
| DIW-821 | Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble | The Organizer |
| DIW-823 | John Hicks Quartet featuring Bobby Watson | Naima's Love Song |
| DIW-824 | Sun Ra Arkestra | Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion |
| DIW-825 | Music Revelation Ensemble | Music Revelation Ensemble |
| DIW-826 | Phalanx | In Touch |
| DIW-827 | PDB (feat. Jaco Pastorius, Hilam Bullock, Kenwood Dennard) | -same- |
| DIW-828 | John Hicks Trio | East Side Blues |
| DIW-829 | Trio Transition | Trio Transition with Special Guest Oliver Lake |
| DIW-830 | David Murray | Deep River |
| DIW-831 | Essence (feat. Jaco Pastorius) | Last Flight |
| DIW-832 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | The Alternate Express |
| DIW-833 | Geri Allen, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian | Segments |
| DIW-834 | Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy | Serious Fun |
| DIW-835 | Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy | My Way |
| DIW-836 | Clifford Jordan | Four Play |
| DIW-837 | Art Ensemble of Chicago with Amabutho | Art Ensemble of Soweto |
| DIW-838 | Defunkt | Heroes |
| DIW-839 | Music Revelation Ensemble | Elec. Jazz |
| DIW-840 | David Murray | Ballads |
| DIW-841 | David Murray | Spirituals |
| DIW-842 | Art Ensemble of Chicago & Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy | Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy |
| DIW-843 | David Murray feat. McCoy Tyner & Elvin Jones | Special Quartet |
| DIW-844 | Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra (feat. Branford Marsalis) | Dream Keeper |
| DIW-845 | James Blood Ulmer | Black and Blues |
| DIW-846 | Art Ensemble of Chicago with Cecil Taylor | Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters Series Vol. 2 |
| DIW-847 | Geri Allen, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian | Live at the Village Vanguard |
| DIW-848 | Art Ensemble Of Soweto | America - South Africa |
| DIW-849 | David Murray Quintet | Remembrances |
| DIW-850 | David Murray Quartet | Shakill's Warrior |
| DIW-851 | David Murray Big Band Conducted By Lawrence "Butch" Morris | David Murray Big Band |
| DIW-852 | Pink Inc. (feat. Jamaaladeen Tacuma) | -same- |
| DIW-853 | Lester Bowie's New York Organ Ensemble | Funky T. Cool T. |
| DIW-854 | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Dreaming of the Masters Suite |
| DIW-855 | Music Revelation Ensemble | After Dark |
| DIW-856 | David S. Ware | Flight of I |
| DIW-857 | Peter Brötzmann, Shoji Hano, Tetsu Yamauchi, Haruhiko Gotsu | Dare Devil |
| DIW-858 | Andrew Cyrille Quintet | My Friend Louis |
| DIW-859 | Rinde Eckert (feat. Bill Frisell) | Finding My Way Home |
| DIW-860 | Strata Institute (feat. Steve Coleman & Greg Osby) | Transmigration |
| DIW-861 | David Murray Quartet +1 (feat. Branford Marsalis) | Fast Life |
| DIW-862 | Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society | Raven Roc |
| DIW-863 | Cassandra Wilson (feat. Jean-Paul Bourelly) | Dance to the Drums Again |
| DIW-864 | M-Base Collective (feat. Steve Coleman & Cassandra Wilson) | Anatomy of a Groove |
| DIW-865 | Steve Coleman & Dave Holland | Phase Space |
| DIW-866 | David Murray Quartet | Death of a Sideman |
| DIW-867 | David Murray & Milford Graves | Real Deal |
| DIW-868 | James Williams (feat. Joe Henderson) | James Williams Meets the Saxophone Masters |
| DIW-869 | James Blood Ulmer | Blues Preacher |
| DIW-870 | David S. Ware | Third Ear Recitation |
| DIW-871 | Geoff Keezer | Other Spheres |
| DIW-872 | Jean-Paul Bourelly & The Blue Wave Bandits | Saints & Sinners |
| DIW-873 | Robert Hurst (feat. Branford Marsalis) | Robert Hurst Presents |
| DIW-874 | Memphis Convention (feat. George Coleman & James Williams) | -same- |
| DIW-875 | James Carter Quartet | JC on the Set |
| DIW-876 | Harold Mabern (feat. Ron Carter & Jack DeJohnette) | The Leading Man |
| DIW-877 | Ayibobo | Freestyle |
| DIW-878 | James Blood Ulmer | Harmolodic Guitar with Strings |
| DIW-879 | David Murray Octet | Picasso |
| DIW-880 | David Murray Quartet | Ballads for Bass Clarinet |
| DIW-881 | David Murray Quartet | Tenors |
| DIW-882 | James Williams | Up to the Minute Blues |
| DIW-883 | Jean-Paul Bourelly & The Bluwave Bandits | Blackadelic-Blu |
| DIW-884 | David Murray Quartet | Shakill's II |
| DIW-885 | Music Revelation Ensemble | In the Name of... |
| DIW-886 | James Carter Quartet | Jurassic Classics |
| DIW-887 | James Williams Sextet featuring Clark Terry | Talkin' Trash |
| DIW-888 | John Zorn | Masada: Alef |
| DIW-889 | John Zorn | Masada: Beit |
| DIW-890 | John Zorn | Masada: Gimel |
| DIW-891 | David Murray | The Tip |
| DIW-892 | David S. Ware Quartet | Earthquation |
| DIW-893 | Jean-Paul Bourelly | Tribute to Jimi |
| DIW-894 | David Murray | Jug-A-Lug |
| DIW-895 | Ronald Shannon Jackson | What Spirit Say |
| DIW-896 | John Patton Quartet | Minor Swing |
| DIW-897 | David Murray Big Band | South of the Border |
| DIW-899 | John Zorn | Masada: Hei |
| DIW-900 | John Zorn | Masada: Vav |
| DIW-901 | David Murray Quartet | For Aunt Louise |
| DIW-902 | Marc Ribot | Don't Blame Me |
| DIW-903 | Arcana | The Last Wave |
| DIW-904 | Jamaaladeen Tacuma | Dreamscape |
| DIW-905 | Music Revelation Ensemble | Knights of Power |
| DIW-906 | David Murray | David Murray/James Newton Quintet |
| DIW-907 | Rodney Whitaker | Children of the Light |
| DIW-908 | David Murray | David Murray Quintet with Ray Anderson & Anthony Davis |
| DIW-909 | Lisle Ellis, Lawrence Ochs, Donald Robinson | What We Live |
| DIW-910 | James Blood Ulmer | Music Speaks Louder Than Words |
| DIW-912 | Steve Grossman | Hold the Line |
| DIW-913 | Ronald Shannon Jackson | Shannon's House |
| DIW-914 | Vincent Chancey | Next Mode |
| DIW-915 | John Zorn | Masada: Zayin |
| DIW-916 | David S. Ware | Godspelized |
| DIW-917 | Roberto Ottaviano & Mal Waldron | Black Spirits Are Here Again |
| DIW-918 | Greg Cohen | Way Low |
| DIW-919 | John Patton Quintet | This One's for Ja |
| DIW-920 | Dougie Bowne Trio | One Way Elevator |
| DIW-921 | David Murray Quartet | Love and Sorrow |
| DIW-922 | Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra | Live in Japan '96 |
| DIW-923 | John Zorn | Masada: Dalet |
| DIW-924 | Michael Weiss Quartet | Power Station |
| DIW-925 | John Zorn | Masada: Het |
| DIW-926 | Jef Lee Johnson | Communion |
| DIW-927 | Music Revelation Ensemble | Cross Fire |
| DIW-928 | Greg Cohen | Moment to Moment |
| DIW-929 | Rodney Whitaker | Hidden Kingdom |
| DIW-930 | David Murray Quartet | Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen |
| DIW-931 | Billy Harper | If Our Hearts Could Only See |
| DIW-932 | James Blood Ulmer | Forbidden Blues |
| DIW-933 | John Zorn | Masada: Tet |
| DIW-934 | Dave Douglas | Moving Portrait |
| DIW-935 | John Zorn | Masada: Yod |
| DIW-936 | New York Art Quartet | 35th Reunion |
| DIW-937 | James Williams All-Stars | Classic Encounters! |
| DIW-938 | Peter Brötzmann, Keiji Haino, Shoji Hano | Shadows |
| DIW-939 | Lee Konitz | Some New Stuff |
| DIW-940 | Ali/Belogenis/Morris | Live at Tonic |
| DIW-941 | David Kikoski Quintet | The 5 |
| DIW-942 | Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet | Live |
| DIW-943 | Sumi Junko | Ghin-Ghin Ghira-Ghira |
| DIW-944 | Louie Belogenis | Twice Told Tales |
| DIW-945 | George Robert & Kenny Barron | Peace |
| DIW-946 | Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet | Tails Out |
| DIW-947 | George Robert feat. Kenny Barron | Soul Searching |
| J-1001 | Masahiro Yoshida, Allen Farnham & Ray Drummond | Uno |